呆然ぼうぜん
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Meanings
Taru-adjective
Adverb taking と
1. dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
Other spellings
茫ぼう然ぜん
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
ぼうぜん
Used in vocabulary
茫ぼう然ぜん自じ失しつ
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
Noun
一いち読どく呆ぼう然ぜん
a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded
Noun
Examples6
Stand aghast at the terrible sight.
She was gaping at their quarrel.
He was blind with sorrow.
She stood transfixed as if she had seen a ghost.
The child gaped at me as though he were seeing a ghost.
The news paralyzed him.